Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-14

30 days, at $500 per day $40 M
>, - miles, nj -. prrmilc III -
Total $527 II
Deduct appropriation paid by State
Balance due Commission S227 -
INSTITUTE E0R DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND.
The report OF the physician shows that
the health of the inmates of the lnstitu-
! ton for the two Years ending September
81, l~~G, has been unusually good, and
! that there has been an entire absence of
! cpidcmics and protractcd eases Of disease.
The Principal in his report to the Board of
Regents again calls attention to the fact
that from special lists obtained through
the United States Census Bureau" it APP
pears that only about onc-third Of the deaf
muteS and blind in the State January |,
! lSSl under twenty and over eight years
of age, have as yet received the benefits
for which the Institution was founded
and there were at that time, and the num-
! her has been since decreased, l26 deaf
mutcS and ninety-eight blind persons who
| have not received the benefits of the In
StitutiOn.
The necessities Of the Institution are
! briefly vet fully set forth in the following,
taken from the report Of the Board Of Re
cents:
I'VE submit that the appropriations
recommended and asked for by the princi-
pal in his report should be granted by the
| Legislature, tO-wit:
For current expenses for the year
beginning October /, lsSG $25, 900
For current expenses for the year
beginning October /, lSS7 $4,000
| For transportation Of pupils for year
beginning October !, lSS6 500
For transportation of pupils Tor year
beginning October !, lSS7 500
! For insurance 40
For the erection of an annex G,OOO
"Thc amount asked for the annual cur
rent expenses of the Institution is the
same rs that appropriated by the last Leg
islaturc, and Is actually necessary for the
efficient working of the Institution.
The Board would call your attention
to the recommendation for IN appropria-
ton for an annex to the main building,
which is now made for the third time.
"rhc full capacity of the present build
ings is 100 pupils. There are now present
niuety-Scvcn and twelve more are expect
ed. Besides these there is large num-
her of deaf and dumb and blind youth in
the State, Us will be- seen from this report,
who ought to he brought into the lnstitu
ton, but this can not be done without adj
ditional room.
fully concur with the recommendations
Of the Board and submit the same Tor your
dclibcration, action and conclusion.
PENITENTIARY.
The report OF the Board of Directors, to-
gcthcr with the reports TO the Board, OF
the Superintendent, Treasurer, Clerk and
Physician, will give you in detail the man
aycmcnt Of affairs and the condition,
health and employment OF the prisoners.
Speaking of unemployed Convicts the
Directors, in their report, say: at has
been and will continue 10 he our aim to
let this labor where it will produce the
least possible competition with free Labor
in our own State
The constant, natural and Just complaint
against the competition of convict with
free Labor cannot have escaped your Obscr-
walton. Considering the large expense
that has been necessary in the erection of
public buildings since the creation OF the
State-al extraordinary comprehend
fully the difficulties surrounding this
question, but it would appear that the
time has now arrived when a satisfactory
dlspnSitiOn of il can be- made.
Ii such conyictS rs are able were placed
at work on public highways through the
State, the cost of their maintenance would
be- small in comparison to the beneficial
results To be accomplished.
Chapter -, Acts 1876, has this view;
hut it has not accomplished the purpose
designed.
The recommendation of the Supcrintcn-
dent to purchase tract Of land near the
Pcmtentiaryt to be worked by convicts, to
supply vegetables for the Pcnitcntiary, de-
serves consideration.
The Board asks the following appropria-
tiOns which recommend.
For Fiscal l'nw EndiHg September 80
l~-7:
For Salary of Superintendent , 800 OO
For Salary of Clerk 1000 oO
For Salary of Physician 800 Oh
ForSalary of Chaplains 100 10
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